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This page includes links in three categories Links for Traveling Students, Robot Links and Computer Science links.

LINKS FOR TRAVELING STUDENTS

Craigslist - A free classifieds site good for apartment hunting and various other tasks for those new to most major cities.
CitySearch - Neighborhood breakdowns, restaurant guides, and other useful information for many cities.

CLOTHES FOR WORK

Banana Republic - Ever classic. Treat yourself to a nice scarf here and there.
Lane Bryant - Carries plus sized work and casual.
Men's Warehouse - Men's suits.

HEALTH

Walgreens - Many locations some with 24 hour pharmacy.
Desk stretches - Keep healthy by taking breaks and stretching.
WebMD - Stay informed with this vast and searchable site.

PERFORMING

openmikes.org - Places to play music all over the United States.


ROBOT LINKS

ACADEMIC ROBOT PAPERS

Holly's publications
HRI Web

URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE (USAR)

NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology (sponsors Urban Search and Rescue competitions)
ROBOT LINK PAGES

Robot Universe - Long list of links
Educational Robot Links
Jeff's all things robots
Robots Persons and the Future - A Mills course taught by Ellen Spertus. Several links at the bottom of the page.

CONSUMER ROBOTS

IRobot Toys, military robots, and the Roomba.
Aibo A powerful robot dog.
Toyota's Partner Robot
Mitsubishi's Wakamaru


SOME UNIVERSITY ROBOTICS PROGRAMS

UMass Lowell
University of Illinois - Robotics and Computer Vision lab
Berkeley's Robotics Lab

THE GRAND CHALLENGE

Grand Challenge sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
GhostRider
Carnegie Mellon's Military Humvee
"DARPA Bots All Fall Down" - Wired
"Robots get Nowhere Fast in Race" - LA Times

ROBOTS IN THE MAINSTREAM

  • I, Robot- Based on the Isaac Asmiov story.
  • Pepsi - "Your vacuum cleaner ate my pants" --Dave Chapelle
  • 7-up - Painful vending machine robots.
  • Roomba - Vacuum
  • Roger Ebert's Rocky IV Review - He jokes that "Rocky's suppliers have licked the problem of artificial intelligence"
  • T1, T2, and T3 - Now those are robots

    COMPUTER SCIENCE

    The Ada Project - A clearinghouse for information for female computer scientists and engineers including mentor programs such as the DMP, scholarships, organizations et cetera.
    HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

    Comparison of Usability Evaluation Methods - Interesting for an overview of usability testing strategies.

    Guerrilla HCI - Reasons why one evaluation method is preferred

    Usability Week - Article on importance of quality information architecture.


    GEEK OUT

    Servo Cam - Control a the position of the UMass Lowell Robot Lab camera from anywhere in the world via the web!